Europe's central bankers have developed an "anonymity voucher" to give prospective CBDC users limited privacy in their retail transactions.
A senior economist at Sweden's Riksbank says central banks need to "keep up" with cryptocurrency advancements like Libra and XRP.
BOE governor Mark Carney called on Friday for the creation of a wholly digital alternative to the U.S. dollar.
China may be about to launch a fiat digital currency, but in all likelihood, it will only resemble a cryptocurrency on the surface.
The Bank of Thailand has moved ahead with its digital currency project lnthanon by building a blockchain-based prototype solution to settle inter-bank payments.
A Bank of Korea study concluded that a central bank digital currency could adversely affect commercial banks and ultimately financial stability.
Christine Lagarde, head of the IMF, encouraged the exploration of central bank digital currencies in a speech on Wednesday.
A new IBM survey finds most central banks polled back issuing a wholesale digital currency, but are still uncertain about blockchain's efficiency.
Central bank-issued cryptocurrency could bring economic welfare gains for Canada and the U.S., according to a researcher from Canada's central bank.
A U.S. congressman called for banning all U.S. residents from buying or mining cryptocurrencies during a hearing Wednesday.
The U.S. House Financial Services Committee will host a crypto hearing focused on its use as a form of money next week.
The continuing efforts by China's central bank to build a fully-featured digital currency product are revealed in its many patent filings.
The central banks of both Australia and New Zealand have said they do not plan to create their own digital currencies – at least for now.
Former chair of the FDIC, Sheila Bair, writes on the viability of CBDCs and their need for further investigation.
South Korea's first major blockchain conference saw discussion of the possibility of a central bank cryptocurrency Wednesday.